Remember These Fundamental Truths About Interviewing
A Good Interview Is a Conversation
If you have an interview and one person does all the talking, it will be a failure. A good interview has two people in dialogue, in a conversation, learning about each other. It’s not antagonistic and not investigative. It’s natural discourse. If you talk too much, you’ll bore the interviewer. If she talks too much, you can bet you’re not going to get the offer. To have a good conversation, you need to listen and ask questions. You need to paraphrase, use body language to show that you understand, give feedback, in other words, use all the listening skills you have learned over the years. This is your first step in building a relationship, one that ...
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